Use of electronic point-of-care resources by early-career general practitioners and associations with their use during consultations: A cross-sectional analysis of consultation data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the use, frequency and factors linked to the use of any electronic point of care resources (ePOC resources) used by early-career general practitioners (GPs in training, otherwise known as GP residents or registrars) during consultations; and the frequency, and factors linked to the use of evidence-based clinical summaries.

Design

Cross-sectional analysis of data collected as part of the Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training (ReCEnT) project from 2018 to 2022. Every 6 months, GP trainees record 60 consecutive consultations, including information about their use of resources.

Setting

Australian training general practices.

Participants

3024 GP trainees in community-based vocational training.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

SUBMITTER: Mitchell B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12645658 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature